When I first started sharing online about my life as a mom back in 2019, I misunderstood so much about what other women really needed to hear from me.
None of us, no matter how capable, has the capacity to manage it all to the point of ever seeing that ease come to fruition.
I hardly realized the least thing anyone needed was more input on the products they could buy, the activities they could plan, or advice on how to navigate their parenting. More of what they could or should be doing to make life feel easier was just another well-intentioned version of the online noise on how to optimize your life so you could finally “enjoy it.” It was exactly the season I was in: working full time as a teacher, a marriage, raising two kids and the dog.
And what I came to recognize is that adding more to the noise only ever complicated things, my own life included.
Slowly, I’m peeling back the layers of everything I believed would make life feel abundant and purposeful. I’d been expecting more of myself than was ever reasonable, and calling it being capable.
And what I’m coming to find is that most of the stuff we’re told to do is never actually necessary.
So this is where I share what I’m realizing as I’m learning it, as it evolves, as I create the life I know I have.
A few essays to start with
On becoming the default parent without anyone asking, and what I’ve been doing about it ever since.
What mornings actually look like when you stop trying to optimize them.
What happens when you stop letting the kitchen have a claim on whatever’s left of you at 9 PM.
A little [more] about me
I’m Erin. I live in Boulder, Colorado with my husband Jason, our two kids & our labradoodle George.
I spent about 15 years as an educator, including work as a K-8 intervention specialist. Now I work from home, writing A Little Less & sitting with women one-on-one to think through whatever they’re stuck on. In one form or another it’s all the same thing: figuring out what’s actually necessary & letting go of the rest.
I’m glad you’re here.
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